This picture was taken on my recent Desk Trip to Grenada (April 2010). Shown in this picture is graffiti on a building outside of the capital, St. George's.
My 96-yr old (now 97) Grenadian neighbor was placed in a nursing home facility last year. Her freedom to operate her own home was becoming too burdensome for her, despite her wishes to remain in my community. Her attitude changed with every visit I...
November 1, 2009. Family members pay homage to their departed loved ones with candles, singing, and prayer at the Grenada National Cemetery in St. Georges, the capital. Candlelight flowed down the hillside in a peaceful, incandescent glow.
These two Grenadian students are visually impaired and just completed the first-ever, "Resource Centre for the Blind Walkathon" on May 27, 2009. We had just walked 2.5 miles through town and settled down to eat refreshments and proceed with the...
This photo was taken on Easter Sunday. This is my host mother and I preparing a traditional Grenadian feast of mackerel fish, tomatoes and onions. Gathering in the kitchen to help prepare meals is a tradition in Grenadian culture and its not...
April 2010 - Grenada.
The students of New Life Organisation (NewLO) celebrating earth day by picking up trash, planting flowers around their school and creating musical instruments from recycled items
March 2009 - Concord, Grenada, West Indies
There are the volunteers of EC 79 in Grenada. This was our first real bonding experience that we had hiking to Concord Waterfalls.
April 2009 - Grenada
The boys of J.W. Fletcher Memorial R.C. School participated in a service learning project to learn a little about culture with the construction of kites.
Dominica - three Volunteers from Grenada traveled to Dominica to stay with fellow Volunteerss. We were warmly welcomed by a homestay dad in near Trafalgar, Dominica.
St. Dominics RC Primary School students prepare for the March Past portion of their annual sports day at the La Sagesse playing field. They are in competition with the yellow and red houses (all Grenadian national colors) to see who can be the most...
Grenadian students from St. Paul's Government Primary School are performing a traditional "May Pole Dance" in celebration of their country's 36th Anniversary of Independence on February 7, 2010.
This is my favorite friend in the Marketplace in St. Georges. He is loyal, fair and always has a great story. His most featured produce is not really edible- its called a calabash, a traditional, hollowed out, solid bowl used for placing bagged...
Grade four students from St. Dominics R.C. Primary School in Grenada have just completed making Mothers Day cars for elderly ladies at the St. Martins Home for the Aged. Each student was given two pieces of construction paper and there was only one...
Dec 2009 - The Programme for Adolescent Mothers.
The students who attend the program hosted a Fun Day at the end of the term. Here they were practicing yoga with their babies.
July 2010 - With the assistance of the Small Project Assistance (SPA) grant, Volunteer Katherine Miller was able to work with the Programme for Adolescent Mothers in Grenada to host a summer retreat for the students enrolled in the organization.